PWCarr Music

2012-01-02T13:51:00.001-07:00

Put Yourself In My Place is #1 in Blues today out of 47,266 songs. http://ping.fm/lWyM6

2011-12-28T16:22:00.001-07:00

Bad Habit is #1 in Soundclick Blues out of 47,274 songs. http://ping.fm/rEtGd

2011-12-14T16:57:00.001-07:00

Nola Blues is #1 on the Soundclick Blues chart out of 47,102 songs. http://ping.fm/KPuX6

2011-12-13T18:23:00.001-07:00

Bad Habit is #1 on the Soundclick Blues chart out of 47,088 songs. http://ping.fm/1gG36

2011-11-04T00:04:00.001-06:00

My OneSheet: http://ping.fm/JeGEL

2011-10-06T18:33:00.001-06:00

Brand new music store on PWCarr Music. http://ping.fm/S6eYJ

2011-09-24T17:28:00.001-06:00

Bad Habit is #1 in Soundclick Blues out of 46,556 songs! http://ping.fm/mFcz1

What Can Music Do For You?

2011-09-17T20:55:00.000-06:00

Music makes you feel good. It can encourage the production of hormones and trigger the release of endorphins in the brain.

Music can relieve stress and anxiety - depending, of course, on what kind of music you listen to.

Music heals you. It stimulates areas of the brain which speed up healing and increase optimism.

Music protects you by opening the lining of blood vessels and producing chemicals that protect the heart.

Music can make you smarter. Studies show that people who listened to Mozart improved their IQ scores.

PWCarr Music

2011-08-25T14:30:00.001-06:00

Carolee is #2 in Soundclick Blues out of 46,394 songs. http://ping.fm/tI5x5

2011-05-06T20:17:00.001-06:00

Put Yourself In My Place is #2 in Soundclick Blues out of 45,123 songs. http://ping.fm/auduE

More Radio Airplay

2011-04-25T14:45:00.001-06:00

Three more radio stations are playing some blues by Pat Carr, thanks to Airplay Direct.

The list of all the stations playing my songs is on my News page of PWCarr Music.

2011-01-28T18:21:00.001-07:00

New song "Just The Thing" now on CD Baby! http://ping.fm/WjSuU

2010-12-23T19:57:00.001-07:00

Bad Habit is #3 in Soundlclick Blues out of 43,557 songs. http://ping.fm/gWh8k

2010-10-12T21:38:00.001-06:00

Get a free PWCarr Music mobile phone app.
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2010-09-15T13:58:00.002-06:00

According to this my web site is worth $126,191.
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Why Do Songwriters and Musicians Promote Their Music?

2010-08-24T04:36:00.008-06:00

Have you ever stopped to think about why independent musicians are promoting their music?

I have songs on dozens of internet sites and radio stations. Why?
For one thing, I want to share them. It wouldn't do much good for them to sit on my computer and never be heard.
Music puts me in touch with people. I have friends all over the world because they heard my songs. Some of them I have even been able to meet in person.

Music is a tie that binds us all together. It is something we all have in common, whether we create it, or just love listening. No matter how you are feeling, there is a song that expresses it.

Music can be purely for enjoyment, or it can teach us at the same time.
I believe that at least some of my songs have an important message. They provide a way for me to express my beliefs and feelings, and hopefully resonate with the listeners.

It seems, though, that in our culture songwriters and artists are not as revered as they have been in the past. That's a little strange considering how important they are to us.

I cannot begin to tell how many wonderful comments I have received from people who enjoy my music. I'm grateful for that. It always makes me feel good to know I made someone else feel good.

So why else am I promoting my music?
I put thousands of hours and a lot of dollars into it, and I'm trying to make a living.

I believe it's important to support the people that bring a little joy to our lives. I try to do it as much as possible, and I'm truly grateful to those who have supported me.

Compliments are nice, but they don't pay the bills.

You get a $2.00 discount and no shipping fee on the digital version of Some Kind of Blues.

2010-08-03T18:17:00.002-06:00

The link to my Facebook artist page:
http://ping.fm/uGapN

Pat Carr and Aurora Blues

2010-06-06T22:06:00.002-06:00

Help Earthquake Victims

2010-01-25T15:57:00.002-07:00

For a limited time, CD Baby will donate $1.00 to Haitian earthquake relief for every CD sold.
Enjoy some great music and help out at the same time!

Just click my "easy" button below to order from CD Baby.

Pat Carr - World Famous Blues Artist?

2009-12-23T22:02:00.007-07:00

You might say that Pat Carr is a world famous blues artist.
My CDs have sold in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
My songs are played worldwide on many internet radio stations.
PWCarr Music gets around 450 visitors a day.
This is my invitation to click some links on this page and decide for yourself.

Pat Carr - Some Kind of Blues

2009-09-08T19:37:00.000-06:00

Born in Louisiana and musically raised on the streets of the French Quarter, Pat’s Southern roots contributed a variety of musical influences including blues, rock, soul, jazz, Cajun, country, bluegrass, and gospel music.

Pat's songs are stories of life experiences told from a unique perspective, often with his characteristic dry wit. They often cross genres and are as diverse as the influences that inspired them: from the gospel blues of Blind Willie Johnson to New Orleans soul; from Delta blues and hard-edged Texas blues to bluegrass and country.

Pat's new CD "Some Kind of Blues" contains 13 tracks of electric and acoustic blues and some rootsy blues-rock. Check the PWCarr Music website for more info.

Some quotes:
"hot, biting guitar licks"
"excellent, strong vocal"
"solidly crafted in the classic blues vein"
"Swamp feel...clean, excellent lead guitar playing"
"great evocation of classic sound"
"memorable songs...powerful and sincere lyrics"

Blues Road review of Some Kind of Blues

Pat Carr makes "handmade" Blues. He comes from Colorado (USA), and I probably would never have become acquainted with him if he had not found BluesRoad and often been a guest on the radio. However, that is not the reason why I would like to recommend the CD to you. One senses from each note he plays his love for this music.
You can kick back and enjoy. No Kracher or Bluesrockknaller, rather simply a disk you can fall in love with. On P.W.'s homepage or his MySpace site you can hear a few examples.
Purchase recommendation!!

--Shenandoe, Blues Road Newsletter, July 27, 2007

GarageBand review of "Evil Evil"

Smoooooooth! I love the sound of a real horn in a blues mix! You had me from the intro. The vocalist is a dead ringer for Robert Cray. The song is in his style but better due to the sax which played tasteful pentatonic licks. I was about to say the song just needed some tasteful guitar to make it whole, when to my pleasure, one broke in at the 3:30 mark. This song is as good as it gets as far as I am concerned and I will be looking for more from this band. Man, even the vocal arrangements were spot on.
Well Done! Extra Credit: Male Vocals, Production, Melody, Mood, Originality, Grooviest Rhythm.

--GarageBand.com review, Feb., 2007

FatCat Radio review of "Put Yourself In My Place"

"Put Yourself in My Place" - I love the gritty, acoustic sound of this song. I really like how Pat's vocals and those of the female in the song play off of each other. This song is a recent addition to the Indigo Lounge and I really enjoy it. Congratulations to Pat Carr! Your song "Put Yourself in My Place" - has earned: The FatCat Featured Song of the Week!

--Jen, FatCat Radio, Mar., 2007

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Can A White Boy Sing The Blues?

2009-04-15T09:47:00.000-06:00

Everybody has the blues sometimes. Everyone has lost a job or loved one. But you have to live through some hard times to know the blues. It doesn't matter what color you are. Woody Guthrie had the blues. My grand-daddy had the blues.

I know a little bit about the blues and a little bit about just trying to make it. I've worked the pouring line in a steel mill in the heat of summer, breathing black steel dust with hot steel rolling down my back. I've shoveled mud, and cleaned out barges on the Mississippi. I've lost a lot of jobs and a lot of women, good and bad.

I hitch-hiked out of New Orleans with nothing but an old suitcase and my guitar. I've been on the road and had to go into places and ask if I could play a few songs just to get a meal. I know what it's like to have to get food stamps and go sell blood to make $5.

I've narrowly escaped death more times than I want to remember.

I lived in the Delta, just across the levee from the Mississippi. I've been sucked out into the river and swallowed the Mississippi mud. I've not only been deep down in the Delta, I've had the Delta deep down in me.

So ask me if I think a white boy can sing the blues.